New York’s Digital Fair Repair Act

In late December, New York enacted the Digital Fair Repair Act, giving citizens the right to fix their phones, tablets, and computers. The Act requires original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to make diagnostic and repair information for digital electronic parts and equipment available to independent repair providers and consumers if such parts and repair information are also available to OEM authorized repair providers and servicers. This legislation will make New York the first state in the nation to require such information from OEMs.

The final version of the law applies only to devices built after mid-2023, and also exempts electronics used exclusively by businesses or the government, in contrast with the original version passed in mid-2022.